About Larry Dressler
For more than 15 years, Larry Dressler has designed
and facilitated conversations and learning experiences that elicit
new insights and inspired action in organizations. He is sought out
by executive leaders who wish to increase candor, commitment, and
continuous learning in the workplace.
Larry is the founder of Blue Wing Consulting, a firm that helps organizations
mobilize positive change. He works with organizations to set strategic
direction, put core values into practice, make high-stakes decisions
and develop excellent leaders.
Larry has traveled throughout the country speaking, consulting, and
connecting with people who embody what he calls "Wide-Awake Leadership."
He has worked with a wide variety of organizations, including Nissan
Motors, USC University Hospital, Starbucks, Washington State Attorney
General's Office, Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Cisco Systems, New Belgium
Brewing, and Mitsubishi.
Described by clients as a "gentle instigator of breakthrough conversations,"
Larry's work has brought him to interesting places including the headquarters
of companies in 30 industries, a "circus school" in Colorado, the
Ecuadorian Amazon, and Skid Row, Los Angeles. Whether in a corporate
board room, on a factory floor or underneath a rainforest canopy,
Larry's special talent for posing powerful questions and setting collaboration
in motion is at the heart of his work.
Larry is the author of Consensus Through Conversation: How to
Achieve High Commitment Decisions, to be released by Berrett
Koehler Publishers in October, 2006. He is trained in a variety of
leading edge technologies for leading and learning, including Appreciative
Inquiry, Open Space Technology, and Fierce Conversations.
Larry's education combines the disciplines of social psychology and
business strategy. He earned his BA degree in Sociology from UCLA
and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management. He
has also completed post-graduate coursework in Organizational Psychology.
He lives with his wife, Linda in Boulder, Colorado.